Discussion of the issue «On the development of container and piggy-back transportations»

16.06.2011

On the 16th of June 2011, Gennady Petrakov, the Head of Roszheldor, has attended the meeting of the Transport Committee of the State Duma on the issue of «The development of container and piggyback transportations». Among the participants of the discussion were the members of the State Duma, the representatives of the Russian Mintrans, the RF Federal Antimonopoly Service, the Rostransnadzor, the «RZHD» OJSC and the heads of the transport companies and transport guilds.

According to Gennady Petrovich Petrakov, the issues of the effective development of container transportations require a comprehensive approach and further thinking. The level of containerization of cargo transportation is the indirect evidence of the economy development, as a whole, being not due to the raw sector, but due to the high-tech one. The container transportation market remains to be stable.

In order to ensure the growth of the container transportation in the country, it will be necessary to implement new technical solutions, logistics and information technologies. The Head of the Roszheldor has identified several key priorities in solving the problems facing the industry. First of all, these are the formation of the competitive tariff conditions of the container transportations, both in domestic and international traffic. According to him, «another key point in the development of the container transportation is in the terminal logistics complexes, providing the containers recycling and accelerating their delivery.» There is planned a large-scale construction in the major transport hubs in Russia in the terminal and logistics centers which will provide a full range of terminal and warehouse and customs services, working with different types of containers and cargos. This will result in the comprehensive development of the terminal facilities working with containers throughout Russia for maximum and qualitative satisfaction of the increasing demand for container transportation.

Gennady Petrakov has underlined the importance of the qualitative service and observance of the principle of «just in time» delivery. «The main priority for the client, selecting the transportation option, is not only the cost (tariff), but also the guaranteed date and time of delivery, the cargo safety» - said G. P. Petrakov. That is why, without developing the network of the container routes, it is almost impossible to attract a client, to ensure the speed and timeliness of delivery. In this regard, it makes sense to offer the market some new «high-speed container routes» which can release the road transport from container transportations ranging from 1,000 km and more.

The discussion participants have unanimously agreed that the rapid growth in the domestic and export-import container transportations in the Russian Federation will be possible with the developed rail infrastructure, with the use of logistics terminals and extensive use of containers. This will allow ensuring the accelerated transportations of most of the products with minimal losses and expenses during transportation, will significantly improve the attractiveness of the Russian transportation system, as well as will open the opportunity to obtain a significant economic effect in the national economy.